Differential regulation of neuropeptide Y in the amygdala and prefrontal cortex during recovery from chronic variable stress

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEPTEMBER, 2011, Pages

  McGuire, Jennifer L ^a   Larke, Lauren E ^b,c   Sallee, Floyd R ^c   Herman, James P ^b,c   Sah, Renu ^b,c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Chronic variable stress; Neuropeptide y; Prefrontal cortex; Resilience

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DOWN REGULATION; EMOTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84855507085     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00054     Document Type: Article

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